[R] Adjusting format of boxplot

[Gerrit Eichner]

Hello, Ivan,

you'll find argument frame (actually frame.plot) explained in

?plot.default

  Regards  --  Gerrit


> Hi Peter,
>
> I had never heard of this 'frame' argument and it's a breakthrough for me to 
> be finally able to get rid of this frame!
>
> But where is this argument explained? I couldn't find it in plot(), 
> boxplot(), bxp() or par().
>
> Thank you for your answer :)
> Ivan
>
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>
> Le 13/07/12 04:48, Peter Ehlers a écrit :
>> On 2012-07-12 18:39, David L Carlson wrote:
>>> Sorry about that. I got rid of the box another way and then switched to 
>>> using pars=
>>> without making sure it worked. This works:
>>> 
>>> flies$group <- factor(flies$group, 5:1) # 1
>>> levels(flies$group) <- paste0("Group ", 5:1) # 2
>>> 
>>> oldpar <- par(bty="n")
>>> boxplot(long ~ group,
>>>          data = flies,
>>>          pars=list(las=1, ylim=c(10, 110), xaxt="n"),
>>>          horizontal = TRUE,
>>>          col = "red")
>>> 
>>> axis(1, at=seq(10, 110, 20))
>>> par(oldpar)
>> 
>> Or you could add 'frame = FALSE' to the boxplot() call.
>> 
>> Peter Ehlers
>> 
>>> 
>>> -------------------------------------
>>> David
>>> 
>>> -------------------------------------
>>> David L Carlson
>>> Associate Professor of Anthropology
>>> Texas A&M University
>>> College Station, TX 77840-4352
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> 
>>> From: "darnold" <dwarnold45 at suddenlink.net>
>>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:53:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [R] Adjusting format of boxplot
>>> 
>>> Added your code:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> flies <- read.table("example12_1.dat",header=TRUE,sep="\t")
>>> 
>>> flies$group <- factor(flies$group,5:1)
>>> 
>>> levels(flies$group) <- paste0("Group ",5:1)
>>> 
>>> boxplot(long ~ group,
>>> data = flies,
>>> pars = list(las=1, ylim=c(10,110), xaxt="n", bty="n"),
>>> horizontal = TRUE,
>>> col = "red")
>>> 
>>> axis(1,at=seq(10,110,20))
>>> 
>>> Almost worked perfectly, except the frame around the plot remains, which 
>>> is
>>> strange as you have bty="n".
>>> 
>>> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4636381/Rplot11.png
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>> 
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